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Text Magic
     heard on Sat 23 May 26
Reach customers instantly. SMS, Email, or both. Deliver time-sensitive alerts, reminders, and revenue-driving campaigns. All with one simple, reliable platform.

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Amazon Is Shutting Down Support for Older Kindles Soon. Here's How You Can Save Yours
     heard on Sat 23 May 26
Amazon is ending support for older Kindle models on May 20, 2026, but you don't have to grieve your favorite Kindle just yet. With a few simple workarounds (and a couple more advanced ones if you're feeling ambitious), you can keep your Kindle going for years. And if you are ready to move on, there are some solid alternatives worth considering.

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Updating the Certificate Trust Store on macOS
     heard on Sat 23 May 26
This tip is a work in progress, and discusses updating the Keychain certificate trust store on macOS 12 (Monterey) (per reports) and on macOS 13 (Ventura) to include Sectigo root and intermediate certificates, for websites using the newer Sectigo root certificates.

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Grsync is a graphical user interface for rsync
     heard on Sat 16 May 26
Grsync is a graphical user interface for rsync.[2] rsync is a differential backup and file synchronization tool widely used in Unix-like operating systems. Grsync is developed with the GTK widget toolkit. Like rsync, Grsync is free and open-source software licensed under the GNU General Public License.[3]

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Welcome to the rsync web pages
     heard on Sat 16 May 26
rsync is an open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. rsync is freely available under the GNU General Public License and is currently being maintained by Andrew Tridgell.

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Every Email Provider in 2026: The Full List
     heard on Sat 16 May 26
There are 4.59 billion email users on the planet - projected to hit 4.73 billion this year - sending 376.4 billion messages daily across hundreds of providers. The average person juggles 1.86 accounts. Yet most articles claiming to list all email providers cover the same dozen names and call it a day. This is the full directory: every major provider across six categories, with market share data, storage limits, pricing, and the regional and legacy domains you won't find elsewhere.

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Use notifications to get alerts
     heard on Sat 16 May 26
By default, Chrome alerts you whenever a website, app or extension wants to send you notifications. You can change this setting at any time. When you browse sites with intrusive or misleading notifications, Chrome automatically blocks notifications and recommends that you continue to block these notifications.

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Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence
     heard on Sat 16 May 26
Over 15 years ago, we introduced the Chromebook, a laptop built for a cloud-first world. Now, as we are moving from an operating system to an intelligence system, we see an opportunity to rethink laptops again. We’re bringing together the best of Android, which comes with powerful apps on Google Play and a modern OS that’s designed for Intelligence, and ChromeOS, which comes with the world’s most popular browser. The result is Googlebook: a new category of laptops built with Gemini’s helpfulness at its core, designed to work seamlessly with the devices in your life and powered by premium hardware. We’re sharing a sneak peek into the Googlebook experience today and will have a lot more to share later this year.

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After Struggling With EVs, US Automakers Pivot to Energy
     heard on Sat 16 May 26
Ford and GM are backing away from electric vehicles and moving into the battery storage business. And it all comes back to AI.

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National Sport Launch NSL-East 2026 - Rocket Launch - Geneseo, NY
     heard on Sat 16 May 26
For over three decades, NYPOWER has been the Premier Northeast Rocket Launch at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo NY. It is hosted in May on the three-day Memorial Day weekend. During that time MARS (Monroe Astronautical Rocket Society – NAR Section 136) has host the National Sport Launch three times. We are pleased to welcome the NAR back for another amazing weekend of launches on the Legendary Geneseo Field. Geneseo NY — 8,000? AGL Waiver May 23 – 25, 2026 (Saturday – Monday)

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